Not a movie review, just an opinion

Elissa 2022-03-21 09:01:54

Although the ending of this film is criticized, it is like Jean Valjean's awakening and Javert's suicide in "Les Miserables". Although it is idealistic, it does not affect the greatness of the work itself. I always like to watch movies related to politics, but I never talk about political topics, just a few words, not movie reviews, just casual feelings.

For example, when a person enters a group or organization dominated by bastards and villains, such as some industry committees or family committees that have lost their checks and balances and supervisory functions, these people in power do not require you to have both ability and political integrity, but only want you to be obedient. If you are obedient, they will use the interests of all to drag you into the water, they will use you to get out of the country to intimidate and coerce, and they will use the muddy waters to test their loyalty. Retire to protect oneself; or hate evil and seek justice, just like Mr. Smith in this film... A first-class eloquent person should not only have excellent eloquence, but also put the axe on the back of the neck, and put the oil tripod in front of him. Don't change your color, talk freely, the so-called "three-inch incorrupt tongue, stronger than a million teachers" should be the case. Where does the courage and courage of this "self-reduction, although there are millions of people, I will go" come from? Is it just from an individual? Is it enough to rely on personal courage, talent, belief, etc.? Mr. Smith in this film may have something to rely on and something else.

Sometimes the truth will be in the hands of a few people, and it is necessary to allow and protect these people to express their own voices. There are different explorations, methods and pursuits in ancient and modern China and abroad... The truth becomes clearer and clearer. What is there to fear? Some films are not only for entertainment, but also can arouse thinking and debate Thomas More, who was martyred in A Man for All Seasons, etc., discussed how an individual should choose and what to do at the crossroads of interests and principles, and this choice is not only about the individual gain and loss...

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  • Emmie 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    The film is like a political fairy tale, hot-blooded and idealistic. The male protagonist is too young too simple, sometimes naïve. He was played badly by American reporters who always wanted to make big news, but in the end, it was his stupid persistence that won him the victory. Although it is an adaptation of a true story, it still lacks a little convincing in the present.

  • Lloyd 2022-03-29 09:01:03

    The newly recruited member of the Boy Scouts, Chief Smith, used his legal right to speak in the Senate for nearly 24 hours, reading the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The state power capitalist Taylor sells the land dam bill. The good thing about this movie is not that it promotes American democracy and freedom, but it promotes the honesty, kindness and strength that everyone should have as a human being

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington quotes

  • James Taylor: Hendricks, get the hoi polloi excited. Have them send protests, letters, wires, anything you like.

  • H.V. Kaltenborn, Himself: [Speaking into a CBS Radio microphone] This is H.V. Kaltenborn speaking. Half of official Washington is here to see democracy's finest show: the filibuster. The right to talk your head off. The American privilege of free speech in its most dramatic form. The least man in that chamber, once he gets and holds that floor, by the rules, can hold it and talk as long as he can stand on his feet. Providing always; first, that he does not sit down, second, that he does not leave the chamber or stop talking. The galleries are packed! In the diplomatic gallery, are the envoys of two dictator powers. They have come here to see what they can't see at home: democracy in action.